Can you trust your phone? Head to https:\/\/brilliant.org\/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial and get 20% off an annual premium subscription.<\/p>\n
A huge thank you to Linus Sebastian and the team at Linus Tech Tips – check them out at @LinusTechTips <\/p>\n
A massive thank you to Alexandre De Oliveira and Karsten Nohl making this demo possible. <\/p>\n
A special thanks to Crofton Black at Lighthouse Reports, Cathal Mc Daid at Enea, and James Hobson at @hacksmith <\/p>\n
00:00 I hacked Linus!
\n00:59 How Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak hacked the telephone network
\n02:22 Early history of the telephone
\n07:08 The kidnapping of Sheikha Latifa
\n08:41 How Signalling System No. 7 works
\n11:03 Why SS7 is vulnerable to hacking
\n12:15 How hackers gain access to phones
\n16:17 How I was able to spy on Linus\u2019 phone
\n18:09 How hackers can intercept text messages
\n21:04 How your location can be tracked via SS7
\n29:03 How to protect your phone from hacking<\/p>\n
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Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Bruce, Burt Humburg, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, I. H., Jack Cuprill, John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Tj Steyn, TTST, Ubiquity Ventures and wolfee<\/p>\n
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\nReferences:
\nBlack, C. (2020). Spy companies using Channel Islands to track phones around the world. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism – https:\/\/ve42.co\/SpyTBIJ
\nIt is dangerously easy to hack the world\u2019s phones via The Economist – https:\/\/ve42.co\/EconHack
\nBlake, H. (2023). The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai. The New Yorker – https:\/\/ve42.co\/DubaiNY
\nMcDaid, C. (2021). How Surveillance Companies Track You Using Mobile Networks. media.ccc.de – https:\/\/ve42.co\/McDaid2021
\nEngel, T. (2014). SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate. media.ccc.de – https:\/\/ve42.co\/Engel2014
\nNohl, K. (2014). Mobile self-defense. media.ccc.de – https:\/\/ve42.co\/Nohl2014
\nHow Cell Service Actually Works via WendoverProductions – https:\/\/ve42.co\/CellWendover
\nHow Telephone Phreaking Worked via The 8-Bit Guy – https:\/\/ve42.co\/8BitGuy
\nTransmission Lines: Part 1 An Introduction via TheSiGuy – https:\/\/ve42.co\/TheSiGuy
\nThe Step-By-Step Switch via AT&T Tech Channel – https:\/\/ve42.co\/SwitchATNT
\nHacking Your Phone via 60 Minutes – https:\/\/ve42.co\/60minHack
\nRosenbaum, R. (1971). Secrets of the Little Blue Box. The Esquire Magazine – https:\/\/ve42.co\/Rosenbaum1971
\nBlack, C. et. al. (2023). Ghost in the network. Lighthouse Reports – https:\/\/ve42.co\/Black2023
\nKerr, D. (2019). The step-by-step telephone switching system. dougkerr.net – https:\/\/ve42.co\/Kerr2019
\nEcall and 2G\/3G Network Obsolescence via PFA Plateforme Automobile – https:\/\/ve42.co\/PFAAuto2021<\/p>\n
Images & Video:
\nAll references can be found here: https:\/\/ve42.co\/PhoneSpyingImageVideo<\/p>\n
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\nDirected by Henry van Dyck
\nWritten by Henry van Dyck
\nEdited by Laura Mills
\nAnimated by Fabio Albertelli, Ivy Tello, David Szakaly, and Jakub Misiek
\nFilmed by Derek Muller and Linus Media Group Team
\nAdditional research by Gabe Bean
\nProduced by Derek Muller, Henry van Dyck, Rob Beasley Spence, Tori Brittain, Emily Lazard, Luke Lewis, Gregor \u010cavlovi\u0107, and Emily Zhang
\nThumbnail contributions by Ren Hurley and Peter Sheppard <\/p>\n
Additional video\/photos supplied by Getty Images and Storyblocks
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